Ranked #27 of 222 2005 Chardonnay from Australia
96/100
5 Stars
Huon Hooke
Light-medium yellow; bright color. Creamy lees and nutty aromas; the oak adds something here. Very good intensity, refinement, subtlety and great balance: a blinder of a wine! It has symmetry: all things in proper proportions, and a lovely long, silky finish. Superb wine. Now to 12+ years.
Tasted: 25/09/2007
Drink: 2011 to 2023
95 Points James Halliday
Remarkably pale and bright colour; apple, nectarine and melon; new oak especially apparent after '04, but is balanced and will settle down as wine ages over next six months; very long finish. Drink to 2015.
Source: James Halliday. September, 2007